Seeing the benefits of GMNF land acquisition helped inspire me to create the Forest Legacy Program (FLP) which has protected more than 2 million acres nationally.

Indefinite detention contradicts the most basic principles of law that I have pledged to uphold.

I believe that the most important purpose of our Constitution is to place restrictions on the ability of the Government to interfere with our individual liberties.

I think this violates core constitutional principles of our country.

I opposed and will continue to oppose indefinite detention.

I worry that if we don't use it right, we could lose natural resources forever.

[The Government] has made clear, however, that, for purposes of this case, the `enemy combatant' that it is seeking to detain is an individual who, it alleges, was `part of or supporting forces hostile to the United States or coalition…

I firmly believe that the Constitution makes such actions unconstitutional.

I hope that the Due Process Guarantee Act will serve to open a discussion about how to ensure that no individual arrested within the United States will be detained indefinitely.

I steadfastly believe in having air monitoring tools to measure and track pollutants.

Construction of a new headquarters will save the Federal Government money, as compared to ongoing lease payments.

I fought like mad to get that money in the budget, and I would hate to have it go right back out.

I find it extremely troubling and perplexing that the EPA has made cuts in funding to the Atmospheric Mercury Network.

The Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) is one of the most recreated National Forests in the region.

I apologize, and I do thank Senator Landrieu also.

Do you agree with the assessment that the USGS river and lake gauging network in the United States represents one of the greatest return-on-investments of any dollar spent by your Department?

I have made GMNF land acquisition a priority during my entire time in the U.S. Senate and have seen Federal ownership go from less than 300,000 acres to more than 400,000 acres during that time.

A stable food supply will bring countries that much further toward having a stable government and democracy.

I have long voiced my concerns with the way a few large U.S. contractors and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) obtain the vast majority of USAID funding.

I can with a clear conscience say that the work we have done there has made America safer and has created the possibility for a better future for the Afghan people.

I have got to tell you, just as one Senator, I am finding it harder and harder to vote for money to continue these programs in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan.

Keep me posted on this, and please know that it is a priority and has been a priority for some time.

One important goal of the law is to end the impunity for members of foreign security forces who violate human rights.

Incidentally, we urged him to move as quickly as he could on that.

I know this is your first appearance before the Congress on the President's fiscal year 2013 budget request for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs.